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Originally Posted by gms5287
Complexity is objective
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Maybe when it's a single aspect in question. But whether the whole body of work of one composer is more "complex" than that of another is hard to say, as there are so many aspects in which music can be complex. Bach wasn't as complex as many that came after him in timbre (and dynamics, articulation and other nuances), form (particularly greater form), rhythm, etc. I dare say Beethoven was quite a bit more complex in his usage of instruments and greater musical form. But of course Bach was incredibly complex in his contrapunctal connecting of melody and harmony, and in formal details.